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If the ev has regenerative braking, the brakes actually last much longer than in ICE cars. Not sure how tires are affected but I'd imagine they do have a shorter life, and I'm not sure how the longer brake life balances with (probably) shorter tire life from a pollution perspective

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Why would tires last longer in an ICE vehicle? I don't think tires care what makes them spin.

I believe tires last less time in an EV, because of the increased mass. But maybe that isn't the case. I just looked up a comparable ICE to a model 3, got the BMW 330i, and that has approximately the same weight (3500 lbs)

Electric cars are heavier due to the battery.

It depends on exactly which car you are comparing. The Tesla Model 3 is somewhere around 3500 lbs, isn't it? That's pretty average for a car these days.

And there are plenty of big SUVs that have a similar weight to the heavier EVs.

Besides, you can't assume that electric cars use the same tires as non-electric ones.

There is a huge range of tires out there from extremely long wearing ones to sticky ones that last a fraction of the time.

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